| From the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph |
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| May 2, 1862 |
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| Macon & Brunswick Rail Road |
| We are gratified in being able
to announce that the Macon & Brunswick Railroad Company have
concluded an arrangement with Messrs. Nightingale, Huger & Co.,
for grading their entire line of Road from the point to which it is
now completed, to the point of junction with the {Savannah,}
Albany & Gulf Rail Road. The contract made, while it places
the construction of the Road beyond contingency, and within
a very brief time, is certainly not more advantageous
to the company than to the contractors, who are wealthy proprietors
upon the seaboard, but have been driven by the enemy from their
estates, and find themselves with a large
force without locality or employment. The Road, while consulting its
own advancement, has also subserved a highly patriotic purpose
in furnishing occupation to a numerous
body of laborers
who otherwise would have been idle. |
| With
this movement looking to the early
completion of the enterprise, the stock must advance. No one need be
told that, with a complete
line of communication to Savannah and
Brunswick, it is bound to be a paying enterprise so soon as the incubus
of war is
lifted off the shoulders of our
people. |
| We are
also pleased to state that the trains on this road recommence their
trips to day, probably running as far as the Marion station,
and during the week will reach Buzzard Roost again. We will send the
Marion package by today's train, and hope to forward all the packages,
as of yore, during the week. |
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